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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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